As many of you know, there is a new Disney movie out. The name is Frozen. I have seen this movie and I think that it has opened up a whole new idea for young girls. But what if it hadn't?
The question I would like to ponder on is if Disney were to have kept it's typical princess theme, would they still be getting all this praise from viewers? Ideally, I would like to think not. The praise they are getting for producing this movie is that it isn't like any of their previous movies. It enters a whole new style of princess. It teaches young girls that they really don't need a prince or a man in general, but that they can do good and be happy without one.
With today's society this is a good thing considering that there are more single moms as well as rights for women as compared to previous release dates of Disney movies. I'm not sure what exactly changed in Disney to get them to produce a movie with women of such power, but it worked.
The movie was a hit! Little girls all over are lined up to see Anna and Elsa (the main characters) at Disney or movie sites. Girls are dressing up as them on a regular basis. Birthday parties are themed around frozen. The soundtrack boomed even before the movie was released for a week! Hairstyles were seen all over modeled after them! Disney knocked it right out of the park with this one!
What if they made the same thing happen to these princesses though? What if Elsa didn't tell Anna she couldn't marry a boy she just met? What if Elsa had to be married before she became the queen? Would it still be all the craze? I think not. Sure there would still be the usual fan base that there usually is with regular princess movies. However, this time there are mothers and fathers everywhere trying to get their daughters to think and act like these princesses with a caring heart and a mind set on bettering themselves. Parents pushed to have their children see this movie so that they could get the idea that a girl doesn't need a boy to be happy.
So is it a good movie? Yes. Does it give girls a good lesson? Of course! But would it have had the same effect as it did without the lesson? Probably not. Now the question is... Do we want them to continue with this theme?
Letting it go
~Hangin' from a clothesline
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